| robbe | hello | 01:23 |
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| robbe | are ppa for ubuntu only? | 01:23 |
| ScottK | Yes | 01:28 |
| robbe | thx | 01:31 |
| robbe | i see | 01:31 |
| robbe | bye | 01:32 |
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| titansmc | Hi all, I am here to ask some questions about uploading packages to my ppa. What I am trying to do is a backport of an application that comes with ubuntu 14.04 to 12.04. So I've tried with different procedures but not sure which I should follow, no one has worked. What I am doing it is | 16:16 |
| titansmc | root@samaruc:~# backportpackage -k D9ADF82B -s trusty -d precise -u ppa:ic3/standard-ws-precise-ppa vlc | 16:16 |
| titansmc | But when it gets uploaded to the ppa it complains about a library which is not on 12.04, and has happened with other packages is that when I try to compile this lib, it is missing another one, so I end up on having a huge tree which is impossible to sustain | 16:16 |
| titansmc | what would the best procedure be? | 16:17 |
| cjwatson | you have to figure out where to break the chain, and that's a judgement call; if the library in question is essential to the functionality of the thing you're trying to backport, then backport it too, otherwise find your scalpel and excise it | 16:18 |
| cjwatson | I don't see why opus should be difficult to backport; it has only a handful of build-dependencies, all of which are available in precise | 16:19 |
| cjwatson | I would suggest just backporting it in the same way | 16:19 |
| cjwatson | then you can retry the vlc builds, assuming that works | 16:20 |
| cjwatson | (actually they should auto-retry) | 16:20 |
| titansmc | alright, so that's what I am gonna do, I am going to try it | 16:25 |
| titansmc | but I think the problem will come with packages like libreoffice with a lot of dependences unmet.... even though I see people that has backported it | 16:26 |
| cjwatson | titansmc: well, if somebody else has already backported something, you should probably just copy their backported packages rather than wasting time duplicating work | 16:27 |
| cjwatson | sure, the more complex a package's dependency chain is, the harder it may well be to backport | 16:28 |
| titansmc | mm, good point, | 16:28 |
| cjwatson | that's a consequence of code reuse | 16:28 |
| cjwatson | you can even copy the built binaries from somebody else's PPA along with the sources, if that's appropriate | 16:29 |
| titansmc | first I was trying to put all the effort on learning how this works and try to build my own packages, but I will probable end up coping those backported packages | 16:30 |
| cjwatson | titansmc: in any case, I have confirmed locally that the latest version of opus builds without modifications on precise, so backporting that should be sufficient for vlc | 16:32 |
| titansmc | oh, that's good, I appreciate it | 16:33 |
| titansmc | thank you | 16:33 |
| titansmc | would you mind to send me some link to get started with building packages for PPA and this stuff? I am not able to find so much information on the net | 16:34 |
| cjwatson | titansmc: https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA | 16:35 |
| titansmc | thanks | 16:35 |
| titansmc | cjwatson: however I am done for today, thanks a lot | 16:38 |
| cjwatson | titansmc: np | 16:41 |
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